Drop stake-loop



W. J. KNOX.

DROP STAKE LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. 1919.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

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WILLIAM J. KNOX, 0F DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

DBO? STAKE-US$1 Application filed December I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that l, WILLLin J. KNOX, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dubois, in the county of Clearlield and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Invention in Drop Stake-Loops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to stake loops for use on gondola cars. It has for its objects, the provision of a cheap simple loop device which is entirely out of the way when not in use, which is easily and conveniently positioned for use, and which is securely maintained in operative position ready for the insertion of the stake. Gondola cars are used for the transportation of lumber, pipe, poles, structural work and the like, as well as pig iron, steel billets and other heavy bulky freight. W hen loaded with lumber, pipe or other similar materials, it is customary to employ temporary stakes which are inserted in sockets. upon the interior of'the sides or walls of the car. The sockets commonly used are either rigid or collapsible. The former are frequently broken off or bent when the car is loaded with pig iron, billets or other heavy freight, and the latter, while designed to avoid this difliculty, are also frequently subject to breakage or injury from the contents of the car.

The present invention is designed to overcome the objection as to breakage and injury, and briefly stated, this object is accomplished by providing a socket or loop which is withdrawn entirely from the interior of the car when not in use. An opening is provided in the side of the car for permitting the withdrawal of the loop, and when not in use the loop hangs upon the outside of the car, where it is in no danger of injury. The construction is so arranged that when the loop is lifted and pushed through its opening to operative position on the inside of the car, it is held in such position by means of an abutment that engages the end of the loop which remains outside the car. Certain embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a car side or wall provided with the invention, Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section similar to that of Fig. 2 but with the car stake removed and the loop in its withdrawn position on the outside of the car, Fig. 4c is a plan view of Specification of Letters Patent.

1919. Serial No. 342,346.

the construction of Fig. 1 with a portion of the angle the upper edge of the car wall broken away to show the parts therebeneath; Fig. is an enlarged section similar to that of but with the stake removed, the dotted lines showing the loop in inoperative position and the dot and'dash lines showing the loop in the position occupied before it is pushed into operative position; and Figs. 6 and 7 are front and side views respectively of a modified form of loop construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a car wall of ordinary sheet metal construction provided with a slot or perforation 2, 3 is a support or bracket preferably secured to the ca r wall by means of the rivets 4c, 5 is a stake, and 6 is a loop for carrying the stake. The bracket 3 is preferably provided with an upright portion 7 which bridges the slot 2 and which is encircled by the loop 6. Just above the portion 7 is an abutment 8 which serves to hold the loop in operative position as indicated in Fig. 5 before the insertion of the stake.

When the stake is not in use the loop is withdrawn through the slot 2 and occupies the position illustrated in Fig. 3 upon the outer side of the car wall and supported by the bracket. It will be seen that when the loop is in this position the inner surface of the car is left entirely free from any projection and the loop is out of danger of breakage or injury incident to loading the car with heavy material such as pig iron or steel billets. WVhen it is desired to use the loop it is first swung up to the dot and dash line position indicated in Fig. 5 and then pushed inward to the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 5, at which time the outer end of the loop lies beneath the abutment 8 so that the loop is supported in position to receive the stake.

The loop shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is made in two parts, the main body portion 9 and an end portion 10 comprising a bolt carrying a nut. This form of construction has the advantage that it may be applied or removed after the bracket is riveted in position. The functions performed by the loop are the same as with the other type of construction. t will be evident that the invention is capable of various embodiments and modifications, the primary feature of novelty being the provision of the slot or perforation permitting the withdrawal of the loop to the outer side of the car wall and the support of the loop upon means secured to the outer side of the car wall.

The construction is cheap and simple, alifords a secure support for the stake, and may be easily and conveniently moved to operative position, and is never subject to injury or breakage from the contents of the car.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In combination with the wall of a car provided with a perforation extending therethrough, a support adjacent the perforation, and a stake loop slidingly engaging the support and adapted when not in use to be carried by such support on the outer side of the car wall.

2. In combination with the wall of a car provided with a perforation extending therethrough, a support opposite the perforation on the outer side of the car wall, and a stake loop slidingly engaging the support, and adapted when not in use to be carried by such support on said outer side of the car wall.

3. In combination with the wall of a car provided with a perforation extending therethrough, a bracket on the outer side of the car wall having a part bridging said perforation, and a stake loop encircling said part of the bracket and adapted when in use to be supported with its body portion extending laterally inside the car wall, and when not in use to be supported along the outer side of the car wall.

4. In combination with the wall of a car provided with a perforation extending therethrough, a support adjacent the perforation provided with an abutment, and a stake loop slidingly engaging the support and adapted when not in use to be carried along the outer side of the car wall, and when in position of use to be supported by said abutment with its body portion lying inside the car wall in position to receive a stake.

5. In combination with a car wall provided with a slot, a bracket on the outside of the wall and a stake loop encircling the bracket and projecting through the slot in position to receive a stake, the loop being adapted, when not in use, to be withdrawn through the slot to the outer side of the wall.

6. In combination with a car wall provided with a slot, a bracket on the outside of the wall, a stake 100p encircling the bracket and projecting through the slot in position to receive a stake, and an abutment for supporting the loop in said position upon the inside of the wall, the said loop being adapted when not in use to be withdrawn through the slot and out of engagement with the abutment, so as to hang in a yfiartical position upon the outside of the wa In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2nd day of December, 1919.

WM. J. KNOX.

Witnesses:

JosnPH M. Biss, LEON R, GARRISON. 

